- (ri)conoscere
-
to know; to recognize
- asilo
-
nursery school
- bambole
-
dolls
- certezza
-
certainty
- fiabe
-
fables
- giocattoli
-
toys
- i capricci
-
tantrums
- maestra
-
elementary school teacher
- nascondino
-
hide and seek
- orsacchiotti
-
teddy bears
- un sacco
-
a lot (figurative)
- a quadretti
-
checked
- a strisce
-
striped
- alba
-
dawn
- Amare
-
to love
- andare
-
to go
- aprire
-
to open
- assaggi
-
samples; tastes
- avere
-
to have
- azienda
-
company; business
- Babbo Natale
-
Santa Claus
- bancarelle
-
stands
- benestante
-
well-off
- bere
-
to drink
- borghese
-
conventional middle class
- cadere
-
to fall
- camerino
-
dressing room; fitting room
- cantare
-
to sing
- cantiere
-
work/construction site
- capire
-
to understand
- Carboidrati
-
carbohydrates
- carne
-
meat
- chiedere
-
to ask
- chiromante
-
fortune teller
- chiudere
-
to close
- con il grado di sottotenente
-
as sub-lieutenant
- coprono
-
cover
- correre
-
to run
- dare
-
to give
- degustazione
-
tasting
- dentifricio
-
toothpaste
- dire
-
to say
- dormire
-
to sleep
- dovere
-
to have to; must
- essere
-
to be
- fare
-
to do; to make
- favole
-
fairy tales
- finire
-
to finish
- fino ad ora
-
so far
- flanella
-
flannel
- giocare
-
to play
- giornataccia
-
a bad day; a day with awful weather
- grassetto
-
bold
- guardare
-
to watch; to look (at)
- il cimitero
-
cemetery
- il conto
-
bill; check
- il ficcanaso
-
busybody
- il galeotto
-
matchmaker
- il pollice
-
thumb
- il ritornello
-
chorus
- imperativo
-
imperative
- incertezza
-
uncertainty
- Innamorarsi
-
to fall in love
- la caviglia
-
ankle
- la colomba
-
typical Easter cake in the shape of a dove
- la farfalla
-
bow tie
- la merenda
-
snack
- la pappa
-
mush; baby food
- la pattuglia
-
patrol
- la schiena
-
back
- la tuta
-
sweatsuit; tracksuit; overalls
- lavori del sogno
-
dream jobs
- le chiacchiere
-
fritters typical of Carnival
- le discariche
-
landfills
- le frittelle
-
fried donuts typical of Carnival
- le increspature
-
ripples
- le mimose
-
mimosas (yellow flowers)
- le redini
-
reins
- leggere
-
to read
- liceo scientifico
-
scientific high school
- mangiare
-
to eat
- messa
-
mass
- mettere
-
to put
- Mettersi
-
to put on
- morire
-
to die
- nanna
-
nitey-nite
- nascere
-
to be born
- nascondere
-
to hide
- negozio di alimentari
-
grocery store
- offrire
-
to offer
- opuscolo
-
brochure
- ospedale
-
hospital
- parlare
-
to speak
- passerella
-
runway; catwalk
- perdere
-
to lose
- pesce
-
fish
- piacere
-
to like; to be pleasing to
- piangere
-
to cry
- potere
-
to be able to; can
- prendere
-
to take
- questura
-
police station; police headquarters
- regio banchiere di sali e tabacchi
-
royal banker
- ridere
-
to laugh
- ridurre
-
to reduce
- rimanere
-
to remain
- salire
-
to go up; to get on; to ascend
- sapone
-
soap
- scarabocchiando
-
doodling
- scartabellare
-
to leaf through; to shuffle through
- scendere
-
to descend; to go down; to get off
- scettico
-
skeptical
- scoprite
-
(you all) find out; (scoprire)
- scrivere
-
to write
- Seconda Guerra Mondiale
-
Second World War
- sentire
-
to hear; to feel (when reflexive)
- spendere
-
to spend
- spinge
-
pushes
- stai scherzando
-
are you joking/you are joking
- stare
-
to stay
- strettissim
-
very tight
- subito
-
right away; immediately
- taglia
-
size
- tenere
-
to keep; to hold
- tessuto
-
fabric
- tribunale
-
courthouse; court
- troppo largh
-
too big/too loose
- un pisolino
-
nap
- uscire
-
to go out; to exit
- vedere
-
to see
- vendere
-
to sell
- venire
-
to come
- Vestirsi
-
to get dressed
- vincere
-
to win
- vivere
-
to live
- volere
-
to want
- vorrebbe
-
would like to
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Tutt* a tavola! Volume 2 by Stacy Giufre and Melina Masterson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.